This study was designed to investigate the effect of participation in the first-year Coordinated Vocational Academic Education Program (CVAE) and the effect of participation in work experience on the knowledge of basic employment skills and work attitudes of disadvantaged youth in selected Georgia high schools. The study compared the scores on the…

This annotated bibliography includes a listing of programs and program information concerning apprenticeship, as well as apprenticeship-related curriculum materials. Included are materials that cover strategies for linking vocational education to apprenticeship and a series of books devoted to apprenticeship instructor training. The curriculum…

The portfolio assessment process at Thomas A. Edison State College is described in this report. Through portfolio assessment, the school helps students identify and gain credit for college-level skills and knowledge acquired through work, volunteer activities, independent reading, military or corporate training, and life experiences that may be…

Now that basic skills have been linked to the economic prosperity of the country, businesses have become concerned about improving the basic skills of young people. A promising approach is the Summer Reporter Project conducted in Wisconsin as part of the summer programs of the Job Training Partnership Act. The program has three main elements: (1)…

This report presents the results of a study to identify the demographic characteristics of undergraduate students enrolled in agriculture majors at Tennessee universities. These characteristics are analyzed: background data, parental information, high school data, work experience, college experience, and goals. Responses are presented for the…

The Mini-Corps program aims to provide direct categorical service to migrant children which matches or exceeds performance standards prescribed in the California Master Plan, and to increase the number of professional educators who are especially trained, experienced and committed to work with migrant children. All Mini-Corps students are…

Based upon accumulated field staff experience from years past, the bilingual manual is designed to be used on both a day-to-day basis as needs present themselves and for long-term planning by staff of Katimavik, a nine-month volunteer community service and learning program for 17 to 21-year-old Canadian youth. The manual is divided into three…

The work-study guide is the third volume in the advanced level of a career education curriculum for elementary-secondary migrant children. Complementing the secondary level job information text and a workbook about decision making and self-awareness, the work-study guide is designed to accompany work exploration and experience programs. It…

This paper discusses specification and interpretation of human capital models of women's earnings when data on actual work experience are available. It uses the segmented earnings function framework developed by Jacob Mincer and Solomon Polachek and considers the effects of data errors, issues involving data interpretation, consequences of model…

A study was conducted in an attempt to provide comprehensive data about the characteristics of students enrolled in resident proprietary schools in Illinois. Students were administered a survey instrument modeled after the Student Profile Section of the American College Testing Program's assessment form and their Career Planning Profile Booklet.…

The Soviet general secondary school provides youth with a wide range of knowledge and educates them in the spirit of communist consciousness and high moral standards. Research to improve labor training is guided by six principal premises of methodology: (1) Marxist-Leninist theory on the all-round and harmonious development of personality, (2)…

A model career education program for physically disabled students in grades K through 12 was designed, implemented, and evaluated at Human Resources School (HRS), a school for the physically disabled, in Albertson, New York. The major objectives of this program are to enhance development of students' self concept, decisionmaking ability, and…

A middle school program in Phoenix, New York, was planned to provide for trainable and low functioning educable mentally retarded students in an integrated setting. Cooperation between the planning team and the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation resulted in a program for 13 students aged 11 to 14 with four major areas of concentration: social…

This experience-based career education cross-reference catalog for mathematics is one of four volumes designed to assist learning coordinators (teachers or work experience instructors) in developing individualized activity sheets for mildly mentally disabled secondary students. Each volume contains a listing of concepts, sub-concepts, interest…

The self study and evaluation guide presents accreditation standards for programs serving blind and visually handicapped students in grades K-12. Standards are included for the following 12 areas: planning and organization, personnel, communications, community and career education, creative arts, home and industrial arts, mathematics and science,…